ArmInfo. Polymetal International plc, the largest producer of silven in Russia and one of the leading gold recovery companies has announced that it has entered into binding agreements with Dundee Precious Metals Inc for the acquisition of CJSC Dundee Precious Metals Kapan, the holding company for the Kapan Gold Mine in the Republic of Armenia for $25 million, according to the company's press-office.

ArmInfo. Yerevan. Starting from February 10, 2016, common nominal stocks issued by "UNIBANK" OJSC will be listed on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the stocks' B list, Nasdaq OMX Armenia reports.

ArmInfo. On January 21 Ameriabank signed two largest in the region deals with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is a member of WB. The Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ameriabank Andrew Mkrtchyan and Nick Tesseyman, EBRD Managing Director, Financial Institutions signed the first deal. The second deal with IFC was signed by Andrew Mkrtchyan and Jan van Bilsen, IFC Regional Manager for the South Cacuasus. 

ArmInfo.  Macroeconomic and financial stability predetermined economic growth in the mid-term. As a result it became possible to prevent further decline of purchasing power because of already small profits, Armenia's chief banker Arthur Javadyan told at the New Year reception in the Central Bank of Armenia on December 25. 

ArmInfo. On December 24, 2015, placement of the common nominal stocks (UNIB) by "UNIBANK" OJSC took place at NASDAQ OMX Armenia, the press office of NASDAQ OMX Armenia has told ArmInfo. To recall, placement of the stocks started on December 18, 2015.  

ArmInfo. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will invest 40 mln USD (around 20 bln AMD) in Ameriabank's registered capital with a prospect of future IPO. As EBRD press service informed ArmInfo, the deal will be conduced in two stages.First EBRD will invest 30 mln USD (15 bln AMD) in the bank's capital by additional issue with acquiring 20.6% of Ameriabank's shareholding and the rest 10 mln USD are planned for increasing the capital in the future. As a result on the first stage of the project realization Ameriabank's overall capital will total 62 bln AMD. 

ArmInfo. On December 02, 2015 the first issue of nominal coupon bonds by "GLOBAL CREDIT" Universal Credit Organization CJSC listed on the secondary Bbond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia and the second issue of the Company's bonds admitted to trading on Cbond free market.  The bonds will be allowed to manual and REPO trading as well.

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ArmInfo. Armenian "Unibank" is preparing for an IPO in the Armenian Stock Exchange NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA. Notice of a public issue of shares of "Unibank" was taken today in the pages of the official newspaper "Hayastani Hanrapetutyun."

ARARATBANK has decided to settle the problem with capitalization at the expense of the profits for 2014 to meet the CB's new minimal capital requirement instead of paying dividends to shareholders. The decision was taken by the majority of votes during the annual meeting of ARARATBANK shareholders on June 26. Majority shareholder of the bank Barsegh Beglaryan (64.24% in the capital of the bank) said that the bank had been paying dividends to its shareholders over the past few years.  The decision on passing of the past-year dividends has been taken in order to fulfill the CB minimal capital requirement. The total capital is to make 30 bln AMD by 2017 (against the current 5 bln AMD). 

ARARATBANK is intedning to carry out the ninth issue of dollar bonds with the amount of 2 mln USD and 7.25% annual yield. The maturity of bonds is 3 years.

In April ArmSwissBank is intending to issue bonds and launch three disbursements of 10 million USD bonds on the market.